CVE-2026-16028

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-07. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Protocol::HTTP2 versions before 1.14 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via closed streams that stream_state never removes from the connection stream table.

When a stream reaches the CLOSED state, stream_state returns the concurrency slot and clears most of the stream's keys, but the entry itself stays in the connection stream table and nothing in the distribution removes it. Stream identifiers increase monotonically, so a peer can open and close streams on one connection indefinitely, each close leaving a residual entry that is retained for the life of the connection.

SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS does not bound this. That setting caps how many streams are live at once and is enforced, while the growth is made of streams the cap has already released, so it accumulates with concurrency never exceeding one. The client keeps the same table and grows the same way against a hostile server.

Measured against a server built on this module, roughly 920 bytes are retained per closed stream for about 19 bytes on the wire, so 100,000 sequential streams on one connection grow server resident memory by about 88 MiB. The streams are ordinary requests that the application accepts and completes.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
49%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 7, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-16028: Protocol::HTTP2 versions before 1.14 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via closed streams that stream_state never removes from the connection stream table

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/07/2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16028(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libprotocol-http2-perl1.10-2 ... 1.13-1 (6 versions)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libprotocol-http2-perl1.11-1, 1.12-1, 1.12-2, 1.13-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libprotocol-http2-perl1.11-1, 1.12-1, 1.12-2, 1.13-1

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 55× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-20 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-19 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-19 08:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 20:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-18 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-18 08:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-17 20:20 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-17 20:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-17 06:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-16 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-16 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-16 06:20 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-16 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-15 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-15 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-15 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-14 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-14 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-13 18:48 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-13 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-13 06:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-12 19:00 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-12 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-12 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-11 19:13 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-11 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-11 07:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-10 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-10 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-10 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-09 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-09 07:45 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-09 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-08 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-08 18:50 UTCEG score recompute 7.50
  22. 2026-09-08 18:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-08 18:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  24. 2026-09-08 14:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-07 21:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-07 21:30 UTCNVD update
  27. 2026-09-07 20:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  28. 2026-09-07 19:26 UTCNVD update
  29. 2026-09-07 18:51 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-07 18:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16028?
CVE-2026-16028 is a high vulnerability published on September 7, 2026. Protocol::HTTP2 versions before 1.14 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via closed streams that stream_state never removes from the connection stream table. When a stream reaches the CLOSED state, stream_state returns the concurrency slot and clears most of the stream's keys, but the entry itself…
When was CVE-2026-16028 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16028 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 7, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16028 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16028 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 51.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16028?
CVE-2026-16028 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16028?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16028, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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